TY - JOUR
T1 - Sunlight to hydrogen conversion: Design optimization and energy management of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV-Hydrogen) system using micro genetic algorithm
AU - Burhan, Muhammad
AU - Chua, Kian Jon Ernest
AU - Ng, Kim Choon
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: This research was supported by the International Research Scholarship of Mechanical Engineering Department, National University of Singapore.
PY - 2016/2/14
Y1 - 2016/2/14
N2 - Owing to the intermittent solar irradiance from cloud cover in the diurnal period and unavailability at night time, the practical design of a solar system requires energy backup storage for an uninterrupted supply or for off-grid operation. However, for highly efficient CPV (concentrated photovoltaic) system, the literature is lacking for energy management and optimization algorithm and tool for standalone operation. In this paper, a system with CPV and electrolyser is presented where beam irradiance of sunlight is harnessed to convert the instantaneously generated electricity into useful Hydrogen/Oxygen gas, where they can be stored and re-used for downstream applications such as the fuel cells, etc. The multi-variable design and multi-objective optimization strategies are proposed and presented for a standalone operation of the CPV-Hydrogen system as well as their system performances, particularly electrical rating of CPV based upon the real weather data of Singapore. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - Owing to the intermittent solar irradiance from cloud cover in the diurnal period and unavailability at night time, the practical design of a solar system requires energy backup storage for an uninterrupted supply or for off-grid operation. However, for highly efficient CPV (concentrated photovoltaic) system, the literature is lacking for energy management and optimization algorithm and tool for standalone operation. In this paper, a system with CPV and electrolyser is presented where beam irradiance of sunlight is harnessed to convert the instantaneously generated electricity into useful Hydrogen/Oxygen gas, where they can be stored and re-used for downstream applications such as the fuel cells, etc. The multi-variable design and multi-objective optimization strategies are proposed and presented for a standalone operation of the CPV-Hydrogen system as well as their system performances, particularly electrical rating of CPV based upon the real weather data of Singapore. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/621805
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0360544216000694
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84962467031&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.energy.2016.01.048
DO - 10.1016/j.energy.2016.01.048
M3 - Article
SN - 0360-5442
VL - 99
SP - 115
EP - 128
JO - Energy
JF - Energy
ER -
